Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings antique photographs with the handwritten card on

with the handwritten card on one detailing the sizes

Quite a marvelous thing

graduated soft green background

though perhaps Scandanavian

thick stripes plus the tail is pretty great too

Rare, Striking 1808-10 Hand-colored French "Coquilles" Bookplate Engravings antique photographs with the handwritten card onSOLD : E, F My photos do not do these hand colored bookplate woodcut engravings justice they are subtle but quite stunning I think, with the interplay of the engraving and the coloration making them feel both unusual and really rather exquisite. They come from a scarce 1808 10 work "Conchyliogie systmatique et classification mthodique des coquilles," by the French naturalist Pierre Denys de Montfort (1766 1820) with the plates drawn and engraved by